A Tip of the Cap to the Royal Commodore Jamaica
Blue Mountain Cigars makes a lot of very interesting and unusual cigars. Thy make a trio which has 3 different wrappers, which we like a lot. They also make some very interesting shapes, including a cigar that is shaped like a football and wrapped to look like one right down to the laces. So, I was surprised when I tried gthis gem from Jamaica. A great cigar but much more traditional that...
GURKHA SHOWCASES FIRST-EVER LANCERO WITH THE CLASSIC CIGAR: HAVANA BLEND
GURKHA SHOWCASES FIRST-EVER LANCERO WITH THE CLASSIC CIGAR: HAVANA BLEND Fort Lauderdale, FL – In keeping with consumer demand, Gurkha Cigars, known internationally as much for their super premium luxury cigars as well as for their innovation, has created their first Lancero-sized cigar in The Classic Cigar: Havana Blend. “Gurkha Cigars has a reputation for out-of-the-box...
Duran Cigars to Release the “Santo” Cardenas Edition of the Roberto P. Duran Signature Series
(Miami, Florida) July 8, 2015— Duran Cigars will be unveiling the Limited Edition Roberto P Duran Salomon rolled by Master Roller Crisanto “Santo” Cardenas at the 2015 IPCPR in New Orleans. The 7¼ x 57 Salomon comes in individual, hand signed and numbered, cedar coffins housed in 5 count boxes. All 3000 cigars have been personally rolled by Santo at our Nicatabaco factory in...
Dissident Bloc is Just OK
Boutique cigar operations sometimes drive change in the industry as their innovations can be successful enough to generate copying by the other industry players. Dissident Cigars is a boutique operation that is a bit beyond the fringe in their marketing so I don’t expect any copycatting there. I sampled their Bloc cigar, a 6 ¼ X 52 toro that wraps a Habano Jalapa leaf around a double Jalapa...
Gurkha Private Select – A Well-Priced Gift For Any Occasion
As the first offering in the Private Select series, Gurkha presents a rum infused cigar in a very sturdy, well made 5 stick gift box. As usual, Gurkha’s packaging is well done and the cigars are in glass tubes with a heavy dose of burgundy colored, wax looking plastic as a sealer – to keep the cigar fresh and the rum inside. The rum is from Ron Abuelo, a blend of Panamanian rums aged 7 years...
